آج / کل

Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Level 1

Look at the verb and the conversation: کل آیا تھا means yesterday he came, while کل آؤں گا means I will come tomorrow.

How It Works

آج موسم اچھا ہے describes today’s weather.

کل میں بازار گیا تھا describes a past visit to the market. Here کل means yesterday.

کل ہم لاہور جائیں گے describes a future trip to Lahore. Here کل means tomorrow. Recognize the two time meanings first; the past and future verb forms are taught separately.

کل صبح by itself can mean yesterday morning or tomorrow morning. In کل صبح ملتے ہیں, the speakers are making a plan, so the intended meaning is tomorrow morning. State the day or date when context is not enough.

Examples (4)

  1. آج موسم اچھا ہے

    The weather is good today.

    آج names the current day.

  2. کل میں بازار گیا تھا

    I went to the market yesterday.

    گیا تھا places the event before today.

  3. کل ہم لاہور جائیں گے

    We will go to Lahore tomorrow.

    جائیں گے points to a future event.

  4. کل صبح ملتے ہیں

    Let’s meet tomorrow morning.

    The speakers are making a plan. صبح means morning; it does not by itself decide whether کل means yesterday or tomorrow.

How It Connects

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آج / کلLevel 1Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Learn This First

Use the sentence’s time context to distinguish the two readings of کل.

Words in This Pattern

آجآجکل